stretched on the ground

rē-ĭcĭo (better than rē-jĭcĭo), rejēci, jectum, 3 (reicis, dissyl., Stat. Th. 4, 574;

and likewise reice,

Verg. E. 3, 96;

and perh. also,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6; scanned elsewhere throughout rēĭcio, etc.), v. a. [jacio], to throw, cast, or fling back (freq. and class.; cf.: remitto, retorqueo).

Lit.

In gen.

Of inanim. objects:

imago nostros oculos rejecta revisit,

Lucr. 4, 285; 4, 107; cf. id. 4, 570:

telum in hostes,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46: tunicam reicere, i. e. to fling back, fling over the shoulder (whereas abicere is to throw off, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4), Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.; cf.:

togam in umerum,

Quint. 11, 3, 131; 140:

togam a sinistro,

id. 11, 3, 144:

togam ab umero,

Liv. 23, 8 fin.:

amictum ex umeris,

Verg. A. 5, 421:

ex umeris' vestem,

Ov. M. 2, 582:

de corpore vestem,

id. ib. 9, 32:

penulam,

Cic. Mil. 10, 29; Phaedr. 5, 2, 5 Burm.:

sagulum,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55; Suet. Aug. 26:

amictum,

Prop. 2, 23 (3, 17), 13:

vestem,

Cat. 66, 81 al.:

ab ore colubras,

Ov. M. 4, 474:

capillum circum caput neglegenter,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 50: manibus ad tergum rejectis, thrown back or behind, Asin. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:

manus post terga,

Plin. 28, 4, 11, § 45: scutum, to throw over one ' s back (in flight), Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294; Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

parmas,

Verg. A. 11, 619:

ut janua in publicum reiceretur,

might be thrown back, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 112:

fatigata membra rejecit,

i. e. stretched on the ground, Curt. 10, 5, 3:

voluit... Reicere Alcides a se mea pectora,

to push back, Ov. M. 9, 51:

librum e gremio suo,

to fling away, id. Tr. 1, 1, 66:

sanguinem ore,

to cast up, vomit, Plin. 26, 12, 82, § 131; so,

sanguinem,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6; 8, 1, 2:

bilem,

Plin. 23, 6, 57, § 106:

vinum,

Suet. Aug. 77:

aliquid ab stomacho,

Scrib. Comp. 191.— Poet.:

oculos Rutulorum reicit arvis,

turns away, averts, Verg. A. 10, 473:

pars (vocum) solidis adlisa locis rejecta sonorem Reddit,

echoed, Lucr. 4, 570.—

Of living objects, to drive back, chase back, force back, repel (so in gen. not found in class. prose authors):

hominem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 19:

aliquem,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 69:

in bubilem reicere (boves),

id. Pers. 2, 5, 18:

pascentes a flumine capellas,

Verg. E. 3, 96:

in postremam aciem,

to place in the rear, Liv. 8, 8.—

Reicere se, to throw or cast one ' s self back or again; or, in gen., to throw or fling one ' s self anywhere:

tum illa Rejecit se in eum,

flung herself into his arms, Ter. And. 1, 1, 109:

se in gremium tuom,

Lucr. 1, 34:

se in grabatum,

Petr. 92, 3; cf.:

in cubile rejectus est,

id. 103, 5; cf.:

fatigata membra rejecit,

leaned back, Curt. 10, 5, 3.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to force back, beat back, repel, repulse the enemy (cf.:

repello, reprimo, refuto): eos, qui eruptionem fecerant, in urbem reiciebant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 2 fin.:

reliqui in oppidum rejecti sunt,

id. B. G. 2, 33; 1, 24 fin.:

Tusci rejecti armis,

Verg. A. 11, 630:

ab Antiocheā hostem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 2; cf.:

praesidia adversariorum Calydone,

Caes. B. C. 3, 35 (where, however, as id. ib. 3, 46, the MSS. vacillate between rejecti and dejecti; v. Oud. N. cr.).—

Nautical t. t.: reici, to be driven back by a storm (while deferri or deici signifies to be cast away, and eici to be thrown on the shore, stranded; v. Liv. 44, 19, 2 Drak.): naves tempestate rejectas eodem, unde erant profectae, revertisse, Caes. B. G. 5, 5; so,

naves,

id. ib. 5, 23:

a Leucopetrā profectus... rejectus sum austro vehementi ad eandem Leucopetram,

Cic. Att. 16, 7, 1; cf. id. Phil. 1, 3, 7; id. Caecin. 30, 88:

sin reflantibus ventis reiciemur,

id. Tusc. 1, 49, 119; id. Att. 3, 8, 2.

Trop.

In gen., to cast off, remove, repel, reject:

abs te socordiam omnem reice,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6: abs te religionem, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 65 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 430 Rib.):

quam ut a nobis ratio verissima longe reiciat,

Lucr. 6, 81:

(hanc proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

ab his reicientur plagae balistarum,

Vitr. 10, 20:

foedum contactum a casto corpore,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9; Ter. Phorm. prol. 18:

ferrum et audaciam,

Cic. Mur. 37, 79; cf.

ictus,

Stat. Th. 6, 770; and:

minas Hannibalis retrorsum,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 16:

(in Verrinis) facilius quod reici quam quod adici possit invenient,

Quint. 6, 3, 5.—

In partic.

Pregn., to reject contemptuously; to refuse, scorn, disdain, despise; esp. of a lover, etc.:

forsitan nos reiciat,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 5:

petentem,

Ov. M. 9, 512:

Lydiam,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 20:

Socratem omnem istam disputationem rejecisse et tantum de vitā et moribus solitum esse quaerere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

refutetur ac reiciatur ille clamor,

id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55:

qui Ennii Medeam spernat aut reiciat,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 4;

of an appeal to the Senate: quae cum rejecta relatio esset,

Liv. 2, 31, 9:

recens dolor consolationes reicit ac refugit,

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:

ad bona deligenda et reicienda contraria,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 60; cf.

(vulgares reïce taedas, deligere),

Ov. M. 14, 677:

rejectā praedā,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 68:

condiciones, Auct. B. Alex. 39: rejecit dona nocentium,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 42.—

In jurid. lang.: judices reicere, to set aside, challenge peremptorily, reject the judges appointed by lot:

cum ex CXXV. judicibus quinque et LXX. reus reiceret,

Cic. Planc. 17, 41; 15, 36; id. Att. 1, 16, 3; id. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 18; 2, 3, 11, § 28; 2, 3, 13, § 32; 2, 3, 59, § 146; id. Vatin. 11, 27; Plin. Pan. 36, 4.—

In the philosoph. lang. of the Stoics: reicienda and rejecta (as a transl. of the Gr. apoproêgmena), rejectable things, i. e. evils to be rejected, Cic. Fin. 5, 26, 78; 3, 16, 52; id. Ac. 1, 10, 37; cf. rejectaneus.—

With a designation of the term. ad quem, to refer to, make over to, remand to:

ad ipsam te epistulam reicio,

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 8:

in hunc gregem vos Sullam reicietis?

id. Sull. 28, 77 (with transferre).—

Publicists' t. t.: reicere aliquid or aliquem ad senatum (consules, populum, pontifices, etc.), to refer a matter, or the one whom it concerns, from one ' s self to some other officer or authorized body (esp. freq. in Liv.; v. the passages in Liv. 2, 22, 5 Drak.):

totam rem ad Pompeium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17:

senatus a se rem ad populum rejecit,

Liv. 2, 27, 5; cf.:

ab tribunis ad senatum res est rejecta,

id. 40, 29; and:

rem ad senatum,

id. 5, 22, 1:

aliquid ad pontificum collegium,

id. 41, 16; so, rem ad pontifices, Ver. Flac. ap. Gell. 5, 17, 2:

rem ad Hannibalem,

Liv. 21, 31; id. 2, 28:

tu hoc animo esse debes, ut nihil huc reicias,

Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2.—Of personal objects:

legati ab senatu rejecti ad populum, deos rogaverunt, etc.,

Liv. 7, 20; so id. 8, 1; 9, 43; 24, 2; 39, 3.— Absol.:

tribuni appellati ad senatum rejecerunt,

Liv. 27, 8; 42, 32 fin. —

With respect to time, to put off to a later period, to defer, postpone (Ciceronian):

a Kal. Febr. legationes in Idus Febr. reiciebantur,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1:

reliqua in mensem Januarium,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

repente abs te in mensem Quintilem rejecti sumus,

id. Att. 1, 4, 1.—

Reicere se aliquo, to fling one ' s self on a thing, i. e. apply one ' s self to it (very rare): crede mihi, Caesarem... maximum beneficium te sibi dedisse judicaturum, si huc te reicis, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, § 1.

porrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (contr. form porgo, porgite, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 26, and Verg. A. 8, 274:

porge,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 18; Aus. Idyll. 4, 37:

porgebat, Sil 9, 458: porgens,

Val. Fl. 2, 656:

porgi,

Stat. Th. 8, 755:

porxit,

id. S. 2, 1, 204; cf.:

antiqui etiam porgam dixerunt pro porrigam,

Fest. p. 218 Müll.—Acc. to Lachmann, Hor. S. 2, 6, 59, instead of perditur, we should read porgitur; v. perdo init.), v. a. [por, = pro, and rego], to stretch or spread out before one's self, to put forth, reach out, extend (class.; syn. extendo).

Lit.

In gen.:

jam dudum, si des, porrexi manum,

Plaut. Ps. 4. 7, 49:

animal membra porrigit, contrahit,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

manum ad tradendam pyxidem,

id. Cael. 26, 63:

crus,

Liv. 8, 8:

caelo bracchia,

Ov. M. 1, 767:

aciem latius,

Sall. J. 52, 6.— Pass., to stretch or spread one's self out, to be stretched out, extended:

(Tityos) per tota novem cui jugera corpus Porrigitur,

extends, Verg. A. 6. 596:

porrectus somno,

Stat. Achill. 2, 75:

serpens in longam porrigi alvum,

Ov. M. 4, 574; cf.:

serpens centum porrectus in ulnas,

Sil. 6, 153; Trogus ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 275.—So freq. of localities, to stretch out, extend, to lie (mostly post-Aug.):

cubiculum porrigitur in solem,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23:

cujus (loci) pars colles erant, pars in planitiem porrigebatur,

Tac. A. 13, 38:

Creta inter ortum occasumque porrigitur,

Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; Just. 42, 2. —

In partic.

To lay at full length, to stretch on the ground (rare):

in plenos resolutum carmine somnos, Exanimi similem, stratis porrexit in herbis,

Ov. M. 7, 254:

utrumque ab equis ingenti porrigit arvo,

Val. Fl. 6, 553:

in spatium ingens ruentem porrexit hostem,

Liv. 7, 10 fin.; Mart. Spect. 15.—

To hold forth, reach out, to offer, present:

dexteram alicui,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

dextram,

Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

bona alicui,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84; cf.:

munera,

Ov. M. 8, 95:

pocula,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 92:

gladium alicui ad occidendum hominem,

Cic. Mil. 3, 9; Ov. P. 3, 1, 13: manum sani medicis porrigunt, Sen. Tranq. 2, 1.—Prov.:

maritali porrigere ora capistro,

to present his head to the marriage halter, Juv. 6, 43.—

Porrigere manum, in voting, to put forth or hold up the hand, Cic. Fl. 6, 15.—Hence, transf., i. q. to express one's assent or approval:

quare si tu quoque huic sententiae manum porrigis,

Symm. Ep. 7, 15.—

Trop.

To protract, prolong (syn. prolato):

iter,

App. M. 2, 14; 6, 3;

so of the quantity of a syllable: syllabam,

Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf.:

ut aliquis impetum morbi trahendo effugiat, porrigaturque in id tempus, etc.,

i. e. be kept alive, supported, Cels. 2, 5.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To offer, to grant a thing:

praesidium clientibus porrigere atque tendere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 32.—

Manus ad (in) aliquid porrigere, to reach after, strive for, seek to obtain (mostly post-Aug.):

Lydiam cepisti... jam etiam ad pecora nostra avaras et insatiabiles manus porrigis,

Curt. 7, 8, 19:

fames me appellat, ad proxima quaeque porrigatur manus,

Sen. Ep. 119, 4; id. Ben. 5, 14, 2; id. Cons. Polyb. 17, 1; Val. Max. 9, 1, 2; Lact. 7, 15, 5:

manus suas in orientem occidentemque porrexit,

id. Mort. Pers. 3 fin.; cf.:

pecunia deesse coepit, neque quo manus porrigeret suppetebat, nisi, etc.,

Nep. Dion, 7, 2.—

Se porrigere, to extend, reach, spread itself:

jam fortuna Romana se ad orientalia regna porrigere coeperat,

Just. 39, 5, 3:

quis gradus ulterior, quo se tua porrigat ira, restat?

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 5.— porrectus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, extended, long.

Lit.:

porrecta ac aperta loca,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

locus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 41:

syllaba,

long, Quint. 1, 7, 14; cf.

mora,

long, protracted, Ov. P. 4, 12, 14: senex, stretched out, i. e. dead, Cat. 67, 6; cf. in double sense: tuam amicam video. Ca. Ubi ea'st? Ps. Eccam in tabellis porrectam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 34.— Comp.:

porrectior acies,

Tac. Agr. 35 fin.: porrectior frons, i. e. more cheerful (opp. contractior), Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3.—

Subst.: porrectum, i, n.

Extent:

Thessaliae in porrectum longitudo,

Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32. —

A straight line, Vitr. 10, 8.—

A plain, Dig. 8, 3, 8.— Plur., Min. Fel. 17, 10. —

Trop., widespread, extended:

famaque et imperī Porrecta majestas ad ortum Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 15.— Hence, adv.: porrectē, widely, extensively, far (post-class.).— Comp.:

porrectius ire,

farther, Amm. 21, 9, 1; 29, 5, 48.

porrīgo, ĭnis, f., the scurf, dandruff on the head, Cels. 6, 2; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 53; 20, 6, 27, § 69; 28, 11, 46, § 163; 32, 4, 14, § 35; Hor. S. 2, 3, 126.—Also of other hairy parts of the body, Scrib. Larg. 243.—Of animals, perhaps the mange:

porci,

Juv. 2, 80.

porrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (contr. form porgo, porgite, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 26, and Verg. A. 8, 274:

porge,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 18; Aus. Idyll. 4, 37:

porgebat, Sil 9, 458: porgens,

Val. Fl. 2, 656:

porgi,

Stat. Th. 8, 755:

porxit,

id. S. 2, 1, 204; cf.:

antiqui etiam porgam dixerunt pro porrigam,

Fest. p. 218 Müll.—Acc. to Lachmann, Hor. S. 2, 6, 59, instead of perditur, we should read porgitur; v. perdo init.), v. a. [por, = pro, and rego], to stretch or spread out before one's self, to put forth, reach out, extend (class.; syn. extendo).

Lit.

In gen.:

jam dudum, si des, porrexi manum,

Plaut. Ps. 4. 7, 49:

animal membra porrigit, contrahit,

Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120:

manum ad tradendam pyxidem,

id. Cael. 26, 63:

crus,

Liv. 8, 8:

caelo bracchia,

Ov. M. 1, 767:

aciem latius,

Sall. J. 52, 6.— Pass., to stretch or spread one's self out, to be stretched out, extended:

(Tityos) per tota novem cui jugera corpus Porrigitur,

extends, Verg. A. 6. 596:

porrectus somno,

Stat. Achill. 2, 75:

serpens in longam porrigi alvum,

Ov. M. 4, 574; cf.:

serpens centum porrectus in ulnas,

Sil. 6, 153; Trogus ap. Plin. 11, 52, 114, § 275.—So freq. of localities, to stretch out, extend, to lie (mostly post-Aug.):

cubiculum porrigitur in solem,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 23:

cujus (loci) pars colles erant, pars in planitiem porrigebatur,

Tac. A. 13, 38:

Creta inter ortum occasumque porrigitur,

Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 58; Just. 42, 2. —

In partic.

To lay at full length, to stretch on the ground (rare):

in plenos resolutum carmine somnos, Exanimi similem, stratis porrexit in herbis,

Ov. M. 7, 254:

utrumque ab equis ingenti porrigit arvo,

Val. Fl. 6, 553:

in spatium ingens ruentem porrexit hostem,

Liv. 7, 10 fin.; Mart. Spect. 15.—

To hold forth, reach out, to offer, present:

dexteram alicui,

Cic. Deiot. 3, 8:

dextram,

Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250:

bona alicui,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84; cf.:

munera,

Ov. M. 8, 95:

pocula,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 92:

gladium alicui ad occidendum hominem,

Cic. Mil. 3, 9; Ov. P. 3, 1, 13: manum sani medicis porrigunt, Sen. Tranq. 2, 1.—Prov.:

maritali porrigere ora capistro,

to present his head to the marriage halter, Juv. 6, 43.—

Porrigere manum, in voting, to put forth or hold up the hand, Cic. Fl. 6, 15.—Hence, transf., i. q. to express one's assent or approval:

quare si tu quoque huic sententiae manum porrigis,

Symm. Ep. 7, 15.—

Trop.

To protract, prolong (syn. prolato):

iter,

App. M. 2, 14; 6, 3;

so of the quantity of a syllable: syllabam,

Quint. 1, 6, 32; cf.:

ut aliquis impetum morbi trahendo effugiat, porrigaturque in id tempus, etc.,

i. e. be kept alive, supported, Cels. 2, 5.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To offer, to grant a thing:

praesidium clientibus porrigere atque tendere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 40, 184:

et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, Porriget hora,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 32.—

Manus ad (in) aliquid porrigere, to reach after, strive for, seek to obtain (mostly post-Aug.):

Lydiam cepisti... jam etiam ad pecora nostra avaras et insatiabiles manus porrigis,

Curt. 7, 8, 19:

fames me appellat, ad proxima quaeque porrigatur manus,

Sen. Ep. 119, 4; id. Ben. 5, 14, 2; id. Cons. Polyb. 17, 1; Val. Max. 9, 1, 2; Lact. 7, 15, 5:

manus suas in orientem occidentemque porrexit,

id. Mort. Pers. 3 fin.; cf.:

pecunia deesse coepit, neque quo manus porrigeret suppetebat, nisi, etc.,

Nep. Dion, 7, 2.—

Se porrigere, to extend, reach, spread itself:

jam fortuna Romana se ad orientalia regna porrigere coeperat,

Just. 39, 5, 3:

quis gradus ulterior, quo se tua porrigat ira, restat?

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 5.— porrectus, a, um, P. a., stretched out, extended, long.

Lit.:

porrecta ac aperta loca,

Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

locus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 41:

syllaba,

long, Quint. 1, 7, 14; cf.

mora,

long, protracted, Ov. P. 4, 12, 14: senex, stretched out, i. e. dead, Cat. 67, 6; cf. in double sense: tuam amicam video. Ca. Ubi ea'st? Ps. Eccam in tabellis porrectam, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 34.— Comp.:

porrectior acies,

Tac. Agr. 35 fin.: porrectior frons, i. e. more cheerful (opp. contractior), Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3.—

Subst.: porrectum, i, n.

Extent:

Thessaliae in porrectum longitudo,

Plin. 4, 9, 16, § 32. —

A straight line, Vitr. 10, 8.—

A plain, Dig. 8, 3, 8.— Plur., Min. Fel. 17, 10. —

Trop., widespread, extended:

famaque et imperī Porrecta majestas ad ortum Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 15.— Hence, adv.: porrectē, widely, extensively, far (post-class.).— Comp.:

porrectius ire,

farther, Amm. 21, 9, 1; 29, 5, 48.

porrīgo, ĭnis, f., the scurf, dandruff on the head, Cels. 6, 2; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 53; 20, 6, 27, § 69; 28, 11, 46, § 163; 32, 4, 14, § 35; Hor. S. 2, 3, 126.—Also of other hairy parts of the body, Scrib. Larg. 243.—Of animals, perhaps the mange:

porci,

Juv. 2, 80.

sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3 ( pluperf. sync. strarat, Manil. 1, 774: strasset, Varr. ap. Non. 86, 8), v. a. [Gr. root STOR, storennumi, to spread; stratos, camp; Sanscr. star- strnāmi = sterno; cf.: strages, struo, torus, and lātus, adj., old Lat. stlatus], to spread out, spread abroad; to stretch out, extend.

Lit. (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; in Cic. only in the part. perf.; cf.:

effundo, extendo, subicio, subdo): vestes,

Ov. M. 8, 658:

in duro vellus solo,

id. F. 4, 654:

bubulos utres ponte,

Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 176:

hic glarea dura Sternitur,

Tib. 1, 7, 60:

natas sub aequore virgas Sternit,

i. e. scatters, strews, Ov. M. 4, 743:

harenam,

id. F. 3, 813; id. Am. 2, 14, 8:

herbas,

id. M. 7, 254:

poma passim,

Verg. E. 7, 54:

spongeas ad lunam et pruinas,

Plin. 31, 11. [p. 1758] 47, §

123: arma per flores,

Grat. Cyneg. 487:

fessi sternunt corpora,

stretch out their bodies, lie down, Liv. 27, 47, 9; cf.:

sternunt se somno diversae in litore phocae,

Verg. G. 4, 432.—Mid.:

sternimur optatae gremio telluris,

Verg. A. 3, 509; and:

in Capitolinas certatim scanditur arces Sternunturque Jovi,

Sil. 12, 340.— Part. perf.: strātus, a, um, stretched out, lying down, prostrate (syn. prostratus): strata terrae, Enn. ap. Non. 172, 20 (Trag. v. 370 Vahl.):

nos humi strati,

Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 22:

quidam somno etiam strati,

Liv. 37, 20, 5:

ad pedes strati,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

stratum jacere et genua complecti,

Quint. 6, 1, 34:

nunc viridi membra sub arbuto Stratus,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 21.—

Of places, to extend:

insulae Frisiorum, Chaucorum, etc.... sternuntur inter Helium ac Flevum,

stretch out, extend, Plin. 4, 15, 29, § 101; 3, 5, 9, § 60;

hence, vites stratae,

spreading, Col. 5, 4, 2 (for Nep. Milt. 5, 3, v. under rarus, II. A.).—

In partic., to spread a thing out flat, i. e. to smooth, level (mostly poet.):

sternere aequor aquis,

Verg. A. 8, 89; cf.:

placidi straverunt aequora venti,

id. ib. 5, 763:

nunc omne tibi stratum silet aequor,

id. E. 9, 57:

pontum,

Ov. M. 11, 501:

mare,

Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 125:

stratoque super discumbitur ostro,

Verg. A. 1, 700:

viam per mare,

smoothed, levelled, Lucr. 3, 1030 (acc. to the Gr. hodon storennumi):

stratum militari labore iter,

Quint. 2, 13, 16; so,

hoc iter Alpes, Hoc Cannae stravere tibi,

Sil. 12, 514;

and trop.: praesens tibi fama benignum Stravit iter,

Stat. Th. 12, 813.—

Trop. (the figure borrowed from the sea), to calm, still, moderate:

odia militum,

Tac. H. 1, 58 (cf.:

constrata ira,

Stat. S. 2, 5, 1).—

Transf.

To cover, cover over (by spreading something out; the predom. class. signif. of the word; cf. obtendo).

Of a couch, bed, etc., to spread, prepare, arrange, make:

lectus vestimentis stratus est,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 30; cf.:

strata cubilia sunt herbis,

Lucr. 5, 1417:

rogatus est a Maximo, ut triclinium sterneret... Atque ille stravit pelliculis haedinis lectulos Punicanos,

Cic. Mur. 36, 75; so,

lectum, lectos, biclinium, triclinia, etc.,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 33; id. Most. 1, 4, 14; id. Men. 2, 3, 3; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 70; id. Ps. 1, 2, 31; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 73; id. Ad. 2, 4, 21; Cic. Clu. 5, 14; id. Tusc. 5, 21, 61; Hirt. B. G. 8, 51:

his foliis cubitus sternere,

Plin. 24, 9, 38, § 59:

torum frondibus,

Juv. 6, 5:

strata cathedra,

cushioned, id. 9, 52; cf. also, ARCERAM NE STERNITO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25; and absol.:

jubet sterni sibi in primā domus parte (sc. lectum),

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7.—

Esp., places, to cover; of a way, road, path, etc., to pave:

aspreta erant strata saxis,

Liv. 9, 35, 2:

via strata,

id. 8, 15, 8:

semitam saxo quadrato straverunt,

id. 10, 23 fin.; so,

vias silice... clivum Capitolinum silice... emporium lapide,

id. 41, 27, 5 sq.; and absol.:

locum illum sternendum locare,

Cic. Att. 14, 15, 2:

pavimentum stratum lapide,

Vulg. Ezech. 40, 17:

viam lapide,

Dig. 43, 11, 1.—

To saddle:

equos,

Liv. 37, 20, 12; 37, 20, 4; Veg. 5, 77:

asinum,

Vulg. Gen. 22, 3.—

In gen., to cover, spread:

argento sternunt iter omne viarum,

Lucr. 2, 626:

foliis nemus Multis et algā litus inutili tempestas Sternet,

will strew over, bestrew, Hor. C. 3, 17, 12:

congeriem silvae vellere summam,

Ov. M. 9, 236:

litora nive,

Val. Fl. 5, 175:

harenam Circi chrysocolla,

Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 90:

solum telis,

Verg. A. 9, 666:

Tyrrhenas valles caedibus,

Sil. 6, 602:

strati bacis silvestribus agri,

Verg. G. 2, 183:

ante aras terram caesi stravere juvenci,

covered, id. A. 8, 719.—

To stretch out by flinging down, to throw down, stretch on the ground, throw to the ground, overthrow, prostrate (mostly poet., esp. in Verg.; in prose not before the Aug. period; in Cic. only once in the trop. sense; v. the foll.; cf.

profligo): cujus casus prolapsi cum proximos sterneret,

Liv. 5, 47:

circa jacentem ducem sterne Gallorum catervas,

id. 7, 26, 8:

turbam invadite ac sternite omnia ferro,

id. 24, 38, 7:

alius sit fortis in armis, Sternat et adversos Marte favente duces,

Tib. 1, 10, 30:

caede viros,

Verg. A. 10, 119:

aliquem leto,

id. ib. 8, 566:

morte,

id. ib. 11, 796; Liv. 31, 21, 15; Ov. M. 12, 604:

adversā prensis a fronte capillis Stravit humi pronam,

id. ib. 2, 477: primosque et extremos Stravit humum, Hor. C. 4, 14, 32:

sternitur volnere,

Verg. A. 10, 781:

impetus per stratos caede hostes,

Liv. 4, 29, 1:

aliquem morti,

Verg. A. 12, 464:

irae Thyesten exitio gravi Stravere,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 18:

corpore toto Sternitur in vultus,

Stat. Th. 12, 318:

sternitur, et toto projectus corpore terrae,

Verg. A. 11, 87:

toto praecipitem sternit,

Sil. 4, 182:

hostes,

Just. 2, 11, 13:

Ajax stravit ferro pecus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 202:

sternitur et procumbit humi bos,

Verg. A. 5, 481:

strata belua texit humum,

Ov. H. 10, 106:

rapidus torrens Sternit agros, sternit sata laeta,

Verg. A. 2, 306:

moenia,

to overthrow, demolish, Ov. M. 12, 550; cf.:

stratis ariete muris,

Liv. 1, 29, 2:

sternit a culmine Trojam,

Verg. A. 2, 603; so,

(elephanti) stabula Indorum dentibus sternunt,

Plin. 8, 9, 9, § 27.—

Trop. (rare):

deorum plagā perculsi, afflictos se et stratos esse fatentur,

cast down, prostrated, Cic. Tusc. 3, 29, 72:

mortalia corda Per gentes humiles stravit pavor,

Verg. G. 1, 331:

virtus populi Romani haec omnia strata humi erexit ac sustulit,

Liv. 26, 41, 12:

stratā Germaniā,

subdued, Amm. 16, 1, 5.—Hence, strātus, a, um, P. a.; as substt.

strāta, ae, f. (sc. via), a paved road or way (post-class.), Eutr. 9, 15:

amplas sternite jam stratas,

Juvenc. 1, 315:

in margine stratae,

id. 3, 656.—

strātum, i, n. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; acc. to II. A.).—

A bed-covering, a coverlet, quilt, blanket; a pillow, bolster:

lecti mollia strata,

Lucr. 4, 849:

proripere se e strato,

Suet. Calig. 51; Ov. M. 5, 34; 10, 267.—

Meton. (pars pro toto), a bed, couch:

haud segnis strato surgit Palinurus,

Verg. A. 3, 513; cf. id. ib. 8, 415;

3, 176: tale,

Nep. Ages. 8:

quies neque molli strato neque silentio arcessita,

Liv. 21, 4, 7.— Plur.:

strataque quae membris intepuere tuis,

Ov. H. 10, 54:

dura,

id. Am. 1, 2, 2; Luc. 1, 239.—Once also (sc. lectus) in the masc., Favorin. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2.—

A horsecloth, housing, a saddle, Ov. M. 8, 33; Liv. 7, 14, 7; Sen. Ep. 80, 9; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 202. —Prov.:

qui asinum non potest, stratum caedit (v. asinum),

Petr. 45, 8.—

A pavement:

saxea viarum,

Lucr. 1, 315; 4, 415: extraneum, Petr. poët. 55, 6, 11.

af-fundo (better adf-), ūdi, ūsum, 3, v. a.

To pour to, upon, or into, to sprinkle or scatter on ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

adfusa eis aqua calida,

Plin. 12, 21, 46, § 102:

adfuso vino,

id. 28, 9, 38, § 144; cf. id. 16, 44, 91, § 242:

Rhenum Oceano,

Tac. H. 5, 23:

adfundere alicui venenum in aquā frigidā,

id. A. 13, 16.—Hence:

amnis adfusus oppidis,

that flows by, Plin. 5, 29, 31; and:

oppidum adfusum amne,

washed by a river, id. 3, 3, 4, § 24.—

Trop., to add to, to send or despatch to some place in haste:

equorum tria milia cornibus adfunderentur,

Tac. Agr. 35:

adfundere vitam alicui,

to give life, vitality, to, id. A. 6, 28.—

Adfundere se or adfundi, poet., to cast one's self to the ground: adfusa ( stretched out, prostrate) poscere vitam, Ov. M. 9, 605:

adfusaeque jacent tumulo,

prostrate upon the tomb, id. ib. 8, 539; so Stat. Th. 686.—In prose:

Cleopatra adfusa genibus Caesaris,

throwing herself at, Flor. 4, 2.

af-fundo (better adf-), ūdi, ūsum, 3, v. a.

To pour to, upon, or into, to sprinkle or scatter on ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

adfusa eis aqua calida,

Plin. 12, 21, 46, § 102:

adfuso vino,

id. 28, 9, 38, § 144; cf. id. 16, 44, 91, § 242:

Rhenum Oceano,

Tac. H. 5, 23:

adfundere alicui venenum in aquā frigidā,

id. A. 13, 16.—Hence:

amnis adfusus oppidis,

that flows by, Plin. 5, 29, 31; and:

oppidum adfusum amne,

washed by a river, id. 3, 3, 4, § 24.—

Trop., to add to, to send or despatch to some place in haste:

equorum tria milia cornibus adfunderentur,

Tac. Agr. 35:

adfundere vitam alicui,

to give life, vitality, to, id. A. 6, 28.—

Adfundere se or adfundi, poet., to cast one's self to the ground: adfusa ( stretched out, prostrate) poscere vitam, Ov. M. 9, 605:

adfusaeque jacent tumulo,

prostrate upon the tomb, id. ib. 8, 539; so Stat. Th. 686.—In prose:

Cleopatra adfusa genibus Caesaris,

throwing herself at, Flor. 4, 2.